وَأَقَلُّ النِّفَاسِ لَا حَدَّ لَهُ، وَأَكْثَرُهُ أَرْبَعُونَ يَوْمًا، وَمَا زَادَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ اسْتِحَاضَةٌ.
Meaning: There is no minimum duration for nifas; its maximum is forty days, and anything beyond that is istihadah.
Unlike hayd, nifas has no three-day minimum. A short episode after childbirth can still be nifas. Forty days is the Hanafi maximum.
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Istihadah, Excused Persons and Nifas
وَأَقَلُّ النِّفَاسِ لَا حَدَّ لَهُ، وَأَكْثَرُهُ أَرْبَعُونَ يَوْمًا، وَمَا زَادَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ اسْتِحَاضَةٌ.
Meaning: There is no minimum duration for nifas; its maximum is forty days, and anything beyond that is istihadah.
Unlike hayd, nifas has no three-day minimum. A short episode after childbirth can still be nifas. Forty days is the Hanafi maximum.